Modernize Applications

Accelerate digital transformation with application modernization services

Organizations are investing in modernizing their application portfolios. This means optimizing business operating models within a hybrid cloud strategy to drive cost efficiency, increase productivity and create opportunities for innovation. IBM application modernization services offers skills, methods and tools that help determine the right strategy based on your portfolio, to modernize and containerize legacy applications and accelerate the time-to-value of hybrid cloud environments.

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Benefits

Application modernization that drives business outcomes

We use IBM Garage Methodology to create the optimal application modernization roadmap and streamline execution to minimize business disruption and quickly capture business value.

Modernize faster and become more cost effective

Improve application modernization speed leveraging modernization patterns, advanced analytical tools and new delivery models saving time and money.

Create a future-ready culture

Achieve modernization at scale by embracing an agile culture and new ways of working with AI accelerators and automation.

Engaging with IBM gives you much more than just development resources; they help you think outside the roadmap and stay ahead of the curve.

— Fabrice Del Aguila, Deputy General Manager, Sixense

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Application modernization consulting and services

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Build an application modernization roadmap

Co-create with our IBM Garage Methodology to develop an application modernization roadmap underpinned by modernization patterns such as rehosting, refactoring, replatforming, rearchitecting or replacing applications.

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Speed modernization with tools and accelerators

We have a suite of tools and accelerators to speed modernization. Together with DevSecOps principles, they improve your time to market, allowing you to better respond and compete in your industry.

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Operating model transformation

Discover new business value by changing your operating model. We help you design a flexible platform to meet tomorrow’s needs with AI-powered tooling to orchestrate and automate application modernization initiatives.

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Mainframe application modernization services

Optimize mainframe performance and utilization without impacting business. IBM can modernize your existing mainframe apps and data and extend them to the cloud, develop new cloud-native apps on the mainframe and integrate them with existing data and apps already on the mainframe.

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Modernize applications for hyperscalers

Modernize applications on IBM Cloud

Modernize applications to IBM Cloud by containerizing and securing existing applications. With IBM Cloud Satellite, you can extend IBM Cloud to deploy and run apps consistently across on-premises, edge computing and public cloud environments.

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Modernize applications on Microsoft Azure

Fast-track your hybrid cloud transformation to Microsoft Azure with security and confidence. Learn how to modernize to Microsoft Azure with IBM Services® for Microsoft Azure using Red Hat® OpenShift®.

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Modernize applications on AWS

Accelerate faster adoption of Amazon Web Services (AWS) and infuse open innovation and intelligent workflows. Learn how to modernize to AWS cloud with IBM Services for Red Hat OpenShift on AWS.

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